| |
| Psychological Merits and Flaws |
|---|
| Skill | Cost | Approval
Required | Description |
|---|
| Calm Heart |
3 |
No |
Frenzy? You Never! Well almost. |
| Iron Will |
3 |
Yes |
Increases the difficulty of you being mind-controlled by weaker kindred and powers |
| Common Sense |
1 |
No |
You have a large dose of common sense. Consult the storytellers if you are unsure of what your character should do |
| Repulsed by Garlic |
-1 |
No |
You run from Garlic |
| Soft Hearted |
-1 |
No |
You hate seeing violence. |
| Anachronism |
-2 |
No |
You don't Like these new fangled inventions and refuse to use them and know little about them |
| Phobia |
-2 |
No |
You have an unreasoning fear of something |
| Can't Cross Running Water |
-3 |
No |
You've read too many vampire myths! |
| Repelled by Crosses |
-3 |
No |
You must flee from crosses, even when they are not backed by true faith. |
| Weak Willed |
-3 |
No |
When someone shouts jump, you jump |
| |
| Physical Merits and Flaws |
|---|
| Skill | Cost | Approval
Required | Description |
|---|
| Efficient Digestion |
3 |
No |
For each 2 points you drink you get 3 points of value |
| Unbondable |
3 |
Yes |
You cannot be blood bonded |
| Acute Hearing |
1 |
No |
For some reason your ears are far more sensitive to noise than most people which allows you to hear things other can't. |
| Acute Sense of Smell |
1 |
No |
You have superb sense of smell |
| Acute sense of Taste |
1 |
No |
You have superb sense of taste |
| Ambidextrous |
1 |
No |
You can use either hand equally well |
| Catlike Balance |
1 |
No |
You are skilled at keeping your balance |
| Eat Food |
1 |
No |
You can eat |
| Light Sleeper |
1 |
No |
Even in the deepest slumber of the day, you seem to wake at the first sign of trouble |
| Addiction (minor) |
-1 |
No |
You are addicted to some substance. For example, caffine, cigarettes. The addiction is either weak or for something that is readily available |
| Deep Sleeper |
-1 |
No |
You are always late for parties as waking you up isn�t easy |
| Hard of Hearing |
-1 |
No |
You have trouble hearing. |
| Missing Eye |
-1 |
No |
You have lost an eye. |
| Poor Eyesight |
-1 |
No |
A form of minor blindness this cannot be corrected by spectacles |
| Poor Hearing |
-1 |
No |
You have trouble hearing |
| Speech Impediment |
-1 |
No |
You have some kind of stutter or problem with your speech |
| Addiction |
-2 |
No |
You are addicted to a something, e.g. caffine, drugs, gambling |
| Clumsy |
-2 |
No |
You're not going to be a juggler! |
| Colour Blindness |
-2 |
No |
You cannot distinguish Colours |
| Deformity |
-2 |
No |
You are disfigured (don't forget the makeup/mask). NB: Cannot be bought by Nosferatu |
| Lame |
-3 |
No |
You have a limp, you are severely impaired when it comes to getting away or towards something quickly on foot. |
| Mute |
-3 |
No |
You cannot speak. |
| Deaf |
-4 |
No |
You cannot hear anything! |
| Light Sensitivity |
-5 |
No |
You are far more sensitive to sunlight than other kindred. |
| Blind |
-6 |
Yes |
You cannot see anything. You must be able to play this. |
| |
| Mental Merits and Flaws |
|---|
| Skill | Cost | Approval
Required | Description |
|---|
| Danger Sense |
3 |
No |
You just know when something BAD is going to happen |
| Gifted |
3 |
No |
The Difficulty of all creativity rolls is reduced Substantially |
| Financial Aptitude |
2 |
No |
You are especially good at dealing with money |
| Mechanical Aptitude |
2 |
No |
Anything mechanical seems to work for you |
| Natural Linguist |
2 |
No |
You find it easy to learn new languages |
| Specialist |
2 |
No |
Your character is specialised at a certain area of a skill, it can be taken multiple times for multiple skills or specialisations on the same skill. |
| Code of Honour |
1 |
No |
You have a code of Honour that you follow, if someone tries to make you do something against your code of honour you are more likely to resist the attempt |
| Computer Aptitude |
1 |
No |
For some reason computers like you. |
| Concentration |
1 |
No |
When you need to you can ignore any distraction and concentrate on the job in hand |
| Crack Driver |
1 |
No |
You are a genius behind the wheel of a car |
| Direction Sense |
1 |
No |
You have an uncanny ability to orient yourself |
| Electrical/Electronic Aptitude |
1 |
No |
You are especially good with electical and electronic items |
| Lightning Calculator |
1 |
No |
You can work out mathematical sums in your head faster than a calculator |
| Time Sense |
1 |
No |
You always know what time it is! |
| Illiterate |
-1 |
No |
You cannot read or write |
| Amnesia |
-2 |
No |
You have a tendency to forget things or have forgotten a large section of your past |
| |
| Mystical Merits and Flaws |
|---|
| Skill | Cost | Approval
Required | Description |
|---|
| Spirit Mentor |
3 |
Yes |
You have a spirit who guides you |
| Medium |
2 |
No |
You can sense and talk to spirits |
| Inoffensive to Animals |
1 |
No |
Animals don't run from you like they do from other kindred |
| Weather Sense |
1 |
No |
You know when there's a storm coming in |
| Eerie Presence |
-2 |
No |
You make mortals nervous as they are instinctually aware that you are undead |
| |
| Mortal Society Merits and Flaws |
|---|
| Skill | Cost | Approval
Required | Description |
|---|
| Church Ties |
3 |
No |
" Forgive me father for I have sinned. "Well as you've got the priests in your pocket they will forgive you anything. |
| Corporate Ties |
3 |
No |
You have many links to business |
| Financial Ties |
3 |
No |
You have ties to major financial institutions |
| High Society Ties |
3 |
No |
You are connected to high society and the nobility |
| Judicial Ties |
3 |
No |
You have power in the justice world |
| Media Ties |
3 |
No |
You have influence over the local media moguls |
| Medical Ties |
3 |
No |
You have strong connections to hospitals and the health industry |
| Police Ties |
3 |
No |
The cops like doing favours for you; well ok they might expect something in return. |
| Political Ties |
3 |
No |
You have political influence |
| Underworld Ties |
3 |
No |
You have connections with organised crime |
| Good Reputation |
1 |
No |
You are well known amongst mortals |
| Bad Reputation |
-1 |
No |
You have some notoriety among mortals |
| Expenses |
-1 |
No |
You are required to supply money on a regular basis to a person/organisation for past misdeeds |
| Ward (low effort) |
-1 |
No |
There is particular person that you need to look out for. |
| Ward (medium effort) |
-2 |
No |
There is someone that you need to keep an eye and frequently help out |
| Ward (high effort) |
-3 |
No |
There is someone special to you that can't look after themselves - therefore you must. |
| Hunted |
-4 |
No |
A kindred slayer is after you. (Think Buffy.) |
| |
| Kindred Society Merits and Flaws |
|---|
| Skill | Cost | Approval
Required | Description |
|---|
| Life Boon |
5 |
No |
Someone outside the city owes you a favour. |
| Powerful Ghoul |
5 |
Yes |
You have a badass ghoul at your beck and call. |
| Clan Friendship |
3 |
No |
A number of members of another clan like you and spread the word to there clan about you. |
| Major Boon |
3 |
No |
Someone outside the city owes you a favour. |
| Occult Library |
2 |
No |
You have a large collection of Occult Books |
| Minor Boon |
1 |
No |
Someone outside the city owes you a favour. |
| Prestigious Sire |
1 |
No |
Your sire is known and respected. |
| Dark Secret |
-1 |
No |
What are you hiding?? What are you afraid they will find out? |
| Infamous Sire |
-1 |
No |
Your sire is famous for all the wrong reasons |
| Prey Exclusion |
-1 |
No |
For some unknown reason to the rest of the Kindred world you REFUSE to feed from a certain class of people. What are modern Kindred coming to? |
| Sire's Resentment |
-1 |
No |
Your sire doesn't like you |
| Clan Enmity |
-2 |
No |
What did you do to annoy an entire clan? |
| Enemy |
-2 |
No |
Someone is out to get you |
| Infamous |
-2 |
No |
You have a reputation among the kindred for some misdeed |
| Notoriety |
-2 |
No |
You have managed to achieve a certain amount of fame amongst the kindred however it's for all those bad things you did!! |
| Owe a major boon |
-2 |
Yes |
You owe a major boon to an NPC at the beginning of the game. The NPC will demand services of you in order to repay your debt. |
| Permanent Wound |
-3 |
No |
You wake each night with damage to your body (6 points or half phys). You have to heal it when you wake. |
| |
| Historical Merits and Flaws |
|---|
| Skill | Cost | Approval
Required | Description |
|---|
| Infamous Family |
-1 |
No |
Think Michael Corleone at the beginning of the Godfather without the perks |
| Tainted with Evil |
-2 |
No |
Something happened even before you were born to mark you out as one destined for Darkness. You may battle against but it knows you are truly part of it |
